App Defaults 2026

Completely forgot that I did complete this last year, but here are the app defaults as they stand going into 2026.

Should also submit this to Robb and get listed on the App Defaults website.

  • 📨 Mail Client: Mail.app.
  • 📮 Mail Server: iCloud with custom domains.
  • 📝 Notes: Bear and Craft.
  • ✅ To-Do: Things3. Went back to Things.
  • 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera.app.
  • 🟦 Photo Management: Photos.app.
  • 📆 Calendar: Calendar.app.
  • 📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud Drive.
  • 📖 RSS: Feedbin via Reeder Classic.
  • 🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts: Contacts.app.
  • 🌐 Browser: Safari.
  • 💬 Chat: iMessage, Discord and WhatsApp is I must.
  • 🔖 Bookmarks: Raindrop.io.
  • 📑 Read It Later: Instapaper via Reeder Classic
  • 📜 Word Processing: Pages.
  • 📈 Spreadsheets: Numbers.
  • 📊 Presentations: Keynote.
  • 🛒 Shopping Lists: Reminders.
  • 🍴 Meal Planning: Not a thing I do but I do use Mela.
  • 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Again, not a thing I do; maybe time to become an adult.
  • 📰 News: Normally it is from the RSS feeds but if I muse then Apple News.
  • 🌤️ Weather: Carrot.
  • 🎵 Music: Apple Music scrobbled to Last.fm.
  • 🎤 Podcasts: Overcast.
  • 🍿 Movie tracking: Letterboxd.
  • 🔐 Password Management: 1Password.
  • 🧮 Code Editor: Nova by Panic.
  • 👨🏻‍💻 Terminal: Terminal.app.
  • ⌨️ Launcher: Raycast.

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